SI Week 16: Final Stuff 1

Regarding informed consent before surgery, it is the nurses responsibility to...

• Explain the benefits or risks of the surgery

• Explain the procedure

• Explain complications and witness the signature

• Clarify information and witness the signature

The scrub nurse knows they are responsible for: (SATA)

• Complete sponge and instrument count

• Documentation

• Positioning the patient

• Being sterile

A patient in the OR under anesthesia suddenly is hypotensive and their respiratory rate is 12 breaths per minute. The nurse may recognize this as:

• Anaphylactic Shock

• Malignant Hypothermia

• Malignant Hyperthermia

• Mild allergic reaction

After receiving Isoflurane, the circulating nurse notices the patient is tachycardic and has muscle rigidity. The patient may be experiencing:

• Malignant Hypothermia

• Malignant Hyperthermia

• Dumping Syndrome

• Hypovolemic Shock

48 hours after surgery, the patients temperature is 100.4F. The nurse should assess the patient for:

• Dehydration

• Lung congestion

• Normal inflammatory responses

• Infection

The nurse knows that after the patient gets ketamine, the patient may have agitation. The nurse will prepare to:

• Restrain the patient

• Provide a calm and quiet environment

• Turn all the lights on to wake the patient up

• Call the doctor to question the dose for ketamine

How is desoflurane eliminated?

• Liver

• Kidneys

• Lungs

• GI tract

Your patient is experiencing hypercapnia, heart rate of 165, BP of 100/50 and rigidity in the jawline, and a temperature of 105F. You expect to administer what?

• Epinephrine

• O2

• NS bolus

• Dantrolene Sodium IV

Which of the following are not a part of the 5 cardinal signs of inflammation?

• Warmth

• Swelling

• Paresthesia

• Pain

Which of the following patients would the nurse see first?

• A patient with an ileus complaining of stomach distention.

• A patient with SLE complaining of a HA and just not feeling well.

• A patient with UC complaining of loose stools.

• A patient with a fracture complaining of pain 6/10.